Four Discourses on Subjects Relating to the Amusement of the Stage: Preached at Great St. Mary's Church, Cambridge, on Sunday September 25, and Sunday October 2, 1808; with Copious Supplementary NotesF. Hodson, 1809 - 284 páginas |
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... observation , they appear to be well founded . With respect to the School of which I am now speaking , it is but justice to say , that , coming only once in three years , being got up chiefly out of school hours , and con- sisting of ...
... observation , they appear to be well founded . With respect to the School of which I am now speaking , it is but justice to say , that , coming only once in three years , being got up chiefly out of school hours , and con- sisting of ...
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... observations and conclusions , drawn from experiments , and reduced into some regular shape : and , in things moral , it is only a set of rules , very useful , found out by degrees , after several corrections , each correction ...
... observations and conclusions , drawn from experiments , and reduced into some regular shape : and , in things moral , it is only a set of rules , very useful , found out by degrees , after several corrections , each correction ...
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... observed respecting the introduction of the name of God , seems to be equally applicable here . Writers and performers , with a view , perhaps , to avoid the seeming impiety of addressing the Deity in that , which was but a ...
... observed respecting the introduction of the name of God , seems to be equally applicable here . Writers and performers , with a view , perhaps , to avoid the seeming impiety of addressing the Deity in that , which was but a ...
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... pressure . " Act III . Scene II . See Observations on the Effect , & c . p . 12 . principles and sentiments , or we are not fit to D 3 ABUSES AND USES OF THE STAGE POINTED OUT . 37 the changes and chances of this mortal ...
... pressure . " Act III . Scene II . See Observations on the Effect , & c . p . 12 . principles and sentiments , or we are not fit to D 3 ABUSES AND USES OF THE STAGE POINTED OUT . 37 the changes and chances of this mortal ...
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... observed ) in its best state , and great contempt or dislike , in other cases . This , therefore , distresses the person , in proportion to the extent of the folly or vice ( either supposed or actual ) which is the object of it , or to ...
... observed ) in its best state , and great contempt or dislike , in other cases . This , therefore , distresses the person , in proportion to the extent of the folly or vice ( either supposed or actual ) which is the object of it , or to ...
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